Word: mate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...many days after a young machinist's mate on the transport George F. Elliott wrote these lines, his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Glorch of Chicago, did receive the letter. It had been forwarded by one of Henry's shipmates, who added this note: "You have lost a fine son. I have lost a fine buddy...
...back in the U.S. things were just as baffling. At the Fleishhacker Zoo in San Francisco the keepers tried to force a mate on Bill, the polar bear. "She would fiddle with doilies, empty ash trays, wash out his briar pipe with soap and water. . . . When she started hanging his ties on a patented, nickel-plated cedarwood tie rack [with] an automatic clip-shift tie release," Bill murdered her. Author Thurber loves Bill...
Aside from his running mate, fullback Tom O'Leary, who is a topnotch plunger, the Royal Blue has no outstanding backs and the line is green...
...only Freshman who is starting for Tuss McLaughry, is Carl McKinnon. McKinnon was moved up to a starting assignment because of his good play against Colgate last week. His running mate, Steve Holems, was also a reserve last Saturday, moved up by McLaughry on the basis of a good performance...
...shortstop; him as a gangling sophomors, this 6 foot 2 battering ram has been tearing up nice green gridirons. He's the right kind of guard to follow the Harlow-hidden ball today, and if he does, Crimson backs will be the losers. Doc Holloway is his running mate, and not far behind...